A term previously given to the most actively traded shares on the London Stock Exchange along with.

Container Safety Convention for ISO Containers

A legal agreement to make or take delivery of a specified instrument (for example, a commodity such.

Gross tonnage is the basis on which manning rules and safety regulations are applied, and registration fees are reckoned. Port fees are also often reckoned on the basis of GT and NT. GT and NT are defined according to formulas which take account, among ot ...

A law of chemistry and physics: the rate of diffusion of one substance in another is proportional to the negative gradient of the concentration of the first substance.

A projecting aperture at the end of a tube, pipe etc. serving as an outlet for compressed air. Reduces the demand on the compressor by generating the highest thrust and volume for the lowest possible air consumption.

The bridge used for taking observations, or directing the handling of the ship.

The wind speed and direction at various levels in the atmosphere above the level reached by surface weather observations.

As tight as can be pulled by hand.

Nautical name for an anchor. Originally, was a stone used as an anchor.

Tan work shoes issued to U.S. Maritime Service trainees

A state of resistance to corrosion or anodic dissolution of a metal caused by thermodynamic stability of the metal.

Capital gains tax arises as a result of a 'chargeable event' - in the case of stock market.

The storage of heat energy during utility off-peak times at night, for use during the next day without incurring daytime peak electric rates.

The action of letting go the sheets of a sailing vessel, thus spilling the wind and reducing the forward motion of the boat.

The distance that an observer can see vertically into a surface-based obscuring phenomenon such as fog, rain, or snow. The distance estimate must be based upon ceiling balloon ascensions or ceiling light projector measurements.

Capable of keeping out water.

Electroplating tin on an object.

A spar used to prevent the spinnaker guy from fouling on the stanchions.

The test or specimen electrode in an electrochemical cell.